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Test 6 Chapters 1-16 Flashcards

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1
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The Crusades revived interest in trade with the ______________.

A

Orient

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2
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Hugh Capet’s rule marked the beginning of the __________ nation.

A

French

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3
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John ____________ was known as the “Morning Star of the Reformation.”

A

Wycliffe

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4
Q

Sumerians divided by the number ____.

A

60

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5
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_________________ rallied England to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588.

A

Elizabeth !

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6
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Vasco de Balboa discovered the ______________ Ocean.

A

Pacific

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7
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Christopher Columbus’s voyages were sponsored by the king and queen of _______________.

A

Spain

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8
Q

Over ____________ people saw the resurrected Christ.

A

500

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9
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Hieroglyphics refers to _____________ writing.

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Egyptian

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10
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Jamestown was the first permanent ____________ settlement in the New World.

A

English

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11
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Scottish preacher

A

John Knox

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12
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Viking explorer

A

Leif Ericson

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13
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defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours

A

Charles Martel

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14
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reformer in Zurich

A

Ulrich Zwingli

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15
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discovered Florida

A

Ponce de Leon

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16
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famous Greek philosopher

A

Aristotle

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17
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man for whom America is named

A

Vespucci

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18
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Pharaoh’s chief assistant

A

Joseph

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19
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great Athenian statesman

A

Pericles

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20
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led the building of the Tower of Babel

A

Nimrod

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21
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Greek conqueror of Persia

A

Alexander

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22
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founder of Islam

A

Mohammed

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23
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wrote History of the Peloponnesian War

A

Thucydides

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24
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great Frankish king

A

Charlemagne

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25
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father of the nation of Israel

A

Abraham

26
Q

A group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit is called a ___________.

A

nation

27
Q

Who was Confucius?

A

Chinese philosopher

28
Q

What agreement ended the Thirty Years’ War?

A

Peace of Westphalia

29
Q

What edict, issued by Constantine, granted Christians the freedom to worship?

A

Edict of Milan

30
Q

Who founded the China Inland Mission?

A

J. Hudson Taylor

31
Q

When was the King James version of the Bible completed?

A

1611

32
Q

The belief in a continuous of rebirth is _______.

A

reincarnation

33
Q

Which crusade captured Asia Minor and Jerusalem?

A

First

34
Q

The credited with creating the Iliand and the Odyssey is ___________.

A

Homer

35
Q

What king, when offered whatever he wanted from God, asked for wisdom?

A

Solomon

36
Q

founders of Rome

A

Latins

37
Q

sea-traders near Israel

A

Phoenicians

38
Q

followers of Wycliffe

A

Lollards

39
Q

lived of Crete

A

Minoans

40
Q

Arab nomads

A

Bedouins

41
Q

Which ancient empire was founded by Hammurabi?

A

Babylonian

42
Q

Who built the “hanging gardens” for his wife?

A

Nebuchadnezzar

43
Q

The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Indians was ______________.

A

Hernando Cortes

44
Q

Who was the first great king of England?

A

Alfred

45
Q

The Roman emperor who was first to persecute Christians was _________.

A

Nero

46
Q

The French explorer ____________ founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in the New World.

A

Samuel de Champlain

47
Q

The country that developed the caste system was ____________.

A

India

48
Q

The river whose name means “arrow” is the ________ River.

A

Tigris

49
Q

Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history?

A

Philip II

50
Q

Who is considered the greatest English author of all time?

A

Shakespeare

51
Q

What European landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, starting the settlement of the New World?

A

Christopher Columbus

52
Q

Who invented the movable-type printing press c. 1440?

A

Johann Gutenberg

53
Q

In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin?

A

1517

54
Q

What Hebrew was the chief adviser to Nebuchadnezzar?

A

Daniel

55
Q

Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia?

A

Marco Polo

56
Q

Who is the god of the Muslims?

A

Allah

57
Q

What Carthaginian general marched elephants across the Alps to attack Rome?

A

Hannibal

58
Q

What is the world’s longest fortification?

A

The Great Wall of China

59
Q

Name the Greek city-state whose citizens constantly trained for war.

A

Sparta

60
Q

Which philosophy puts man in place of or above God?

A

humanism

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